JOE NATHAN RUMORS & GOSSIP

The Detroit Tigers are getting close to starting their season and trying to make another run at the World Series in 2015. Last year, the Tigers got the early broom out of the playoffs as they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Divisional Series. The Tigers are going to be competing in a very strong American League Central, and there are three bold predictions...

Detroit Tigers closer Joe Nathan hasn’t been the most welcomed pitcher to the organization since arriving before the start of the 2014 season.
Last year, Nathan finished the season with seven blown saves and a career high in ERA as a closer posting a number of 4.81.
During that time last year, Nathan had an outing where after he closed the game, he gave the fans a gesture that...

More often than not, a player, getting into spats with fans is a lose-lose proposition, regardless of whether or not firing back at them is justified or not. Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Nathan clearly didn’t learn this lesson the first time around last season. Nathan on Thursday was lustily booed by fans during an appearance...Read More
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The feelings between Detroit Tigers fans and veteran reliever Joe Nathan appear to be mutual. Following his hideous spring training against the Phillies on Thursday in which he gave up six runs (four earned), five hits and one walk in two-thirds of an innings, he was booed heavily by the home crowd. It would be a dramatic
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On Thursday, Joe Nathan was horrible for the Tigers in their 6-5 loss to the Phillies. Nathan recorded just two outs, allowed six runs (four earned) on five hits, and walked one without a strikeout. Tigers fans predictably, lustfully booed Nathan during his appearance, peaking when he was pulled in the middle of the inning.
After the appearance, Nathan had some harsh words for the...

Detroit Tigers closer Joe Nathan and his relationship with the home crowd has been rocky — to say the least — this season. But the frustration finally boiled over the for the 39-year-old Wednesday night. Nathan, who is in the midst of a career-worst season in his first year with the Tigers, was booed upon taking the mound in the ninth inning with Detroit leading the Pittsburgh...

Detroit Tigers fans long ago lost their patience with closer Joe Nathan, who again was booed Wednesday night after walking the first two batters of the ninth inning with his team up four. Nathan worked out of the jam by getting a deep fly out to left and a 5-3 double play. But as he walked up to exchange a fist bump with Tigers catcher Alex Avila, Nathan appeared to make an unseemly...

With just about three and a half weeks left until the trade deadline, the Detroit Tigers are looking for answers to a bullpen that is still questionable ranking 28th in all of baseball in total ERA and is the Achilles heel of their World Series title hopes.
Texas Rangers closer Joakim Soria could be that answer to provide some stability to a Tigers bullpen that has been anything...

When Joe Nathan signed a two-year, $20 million to close games for the Detroit Tigers, the team was pretty sure they had found their closer.
Unfortunately, the 39-year-old hasn’t lived up to expectations and earlier this week went public with what he thinks the problem is. Dead arm.
Joe Nathan says he has a ‘dead arm” going on right now, and that he’s still “fine-tuning...

Heading into this offseason it was widely believed that the Detroit Tigers would completely revamp their bullpen full of sure things and impact arms. On second thought….
Signing Joe Nathan was a huge deal, obviously. Detroit desperately needed a lockdown closer and now they have one. No disputes will arise as to who should get the ball in the 9th inning, which will be a refreshing...

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